Lesa Quale Ferguson's Resume
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
…for our astute editorial assistant, Lesa Quale, who helped us gather and unearth such an unusual variety of plantswoman. —Acknowledgements Sweet Breathing of Plants
…Lesa Quale, NewSage Press assistant extraordinaire, for her willingness to offer suggestions and help midwife my book almost daily. —Brenda Peterson, Acknowledgement Singing to the Sound,
Managed Chapter & Verse Bookstore, Trinity Church—oversaw all aspects of operations and promotions: designed ads, newsletter, website, signage, store displays; wrote book reviews for Church Acts and homilies for Sunday @7pm
Opened Scotty's Golf Club Inn—authored menu, organized promotions, managed staff, conceived and implemented various marketing strategies
Researched, selected, compiled, and edited essays as an Editorial Assistant for The Women in the Natural World anthology series, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Served at a high volume seafood restaurant—reviewed and critiqued food and service within the corporate chain, won numerous sales competitions, promoted to Key Personnel Program for outstanding contribution to service standards and leadership
Compiled and organized research for Pulitzer Prize nominated author Linda Hogan, contributing to her work—a magazine series on the Chickasaw Indians; her book Sightings: The Gray Whales' Mysterious Journey, published by National Geographic; and for her contribution to The American Indian Museum, 09/99-02
Employed in all aspects of publishing—reading and editing manuscripts; selling and packaging books for catalogue sales; writing book copy; designing and writing promotional materials; strategizing marketing for books; writing online content for book promotions on Amazon.Com and barnesandnoble.com—for NewSage Press, Troutdale, OR, 12/99-07/00
PUBLICATION CREDITS
"This is a lovely, well-written story" --Candace Dempsey Producer/Managing Editor, UNDERWIRE Magazine
Published Waiting pt.1&2, a personal essay on the perils of waiting to be placed, Adoption Star blog, 1/19/2012 & 1/20/2012;
Tiny Square Egg Noodles, an essay on nostaligia and family for the anthology Voices from the Herd: An Anthology For Buffalo, NY
There is No Substitute for the Friday Night Fish Fry; a first person essay for the September 28, 2001 edition of The Buffalo News;
Infidels for the March 2001 edition of Underwire.msn.com —voted one of the five most popular essays;
Radioactive Tumbleweeds an environmental essay for the anthology The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 02/01;
Think Global, Act Local: The Cost; The Christian Science Monitor, 10/9/98.
EDUCATION
"Lesa Ferguson is the most brilliant web design student I've ever had the privledge to teach. I weep when I see her work." Brian Larson Clark
New Media Design Certificate, SUNY at Buffalo, Continuing
Web Design, Squeaky Wheel, 1/10-4/10
Photoshop, Design, Photography , CEPA, various workshops from 9/07-9/09
Web Programming,UB Millard Fillmore distance learning, 9/01-12/01
Professional tutorials and advanced writing craft work taught by noted authors Rebecca Brown, Priscilla Long, Brenda Peterson, 10/95-06/01
Completed University of Washington's Writer's Certification Program in screenwriting and literary fiction 9/97-6/98
5th year post B.A. course work, University of Washington, GPA 3.9/4.0, 1991
